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18 comments

crystaljon October 23, 2023 at 4:01 pm

Cue annoying “NASCAR died when Dale died” comments, blatantly ignoring the fact that NASCAR’s highest rated seasons were after that.

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alexfire53 October 23, 2023 at 4:03 pm

2006 that’s the highest

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alexfire53 October 23, 2023 at 6:26 pm

@no ?

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J F Z28 October 23, 2023 at 9:17 pm

Meh nascar did go down hill after 2014s season IMO. It’s not the same

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alexfire53 October 23, 2023 at 11:00 pm

@J F Z28 it’s on a bit of rise because of the nexgen

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Ranger77 October 23, 2023 at 4:10 pm

Its because theres truly only 1 Dale Earnhardt. Junior never even came close to filling his dads shoes.

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Flash of the Blades October 23, 2023 at 4:31 pm

Not when you look at his success as a car owner. He rivaled his dad’s success as a driver in THAT aspect.

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CamaroDude1776 October 23, 2023 at 4:51 pm

And let’s not forget that the Son of The Intimidator won two Daytona 500s. Dale Earnhardt only won one. I’d say he fit good in his father’s shoes.

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Ranger77 October 23, 2023 at 4:58 pm

@CamaroDude1776 look at total wins. Its not even close.

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Traxxas and Nascar October 23, 2023 at 5:54 pm

Those are unfair expectations Noone could live up to jr was a great racer still is

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Chief 3 October 23, 2023 at 6:29 pm

He did it in some ways but he didn’t drive like his dad you got to remember NASCAR was different when senior started compared to when Junior started

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Melanie Seithalil October 23, 2023 at 4:18 pm

People probably made him feel old when people called him Dale Sr.

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Carl Crisp October 23, 2023 at 5:57 pm

I didn’t know that. Makes a lot sense though.

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jbucktheman October 23, 2023 at 6:19 pm

I think the only reason why people called him dale sr was to differentiate himself from his son

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Conrad Cooper October 23, 2023 at 8:08 pm

Then he shouldn’t havenamed his son after himself lol

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Evan Williams October 23, 2023 at 8:08 pm

Because it made him feel OLD. Earnhardt always raced like that young man from Kannapoilis trying to make ends meet. Being called Senior just was not his style. “I just want to be Dale Earnhardt” he always said when asked about it.

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KnottySwampPine October 23, 2023 at 10:37 pm

didn’t like big E either

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Andrew Winslow October 23, 2023 at 11:59 pm

The only thing worse would be to call him Ralph Jr

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